This report presents the Pathfinder Impact and Investment Cases for Kapelebyong, Kitgum, and Moyo, demonstrating how integrated, district-led interventions can reduce malaria and accelerate sustainable development.
Review of Pathfinder Impact and Investment Cases (PIICs) and priorities to halt the vicious cycles between lack of development and malaria in Kapelebyong, Kitgum, and Moyo districts (Kampala, 3. September 2025)
This report synthesizes the Pathfinder Impact and Investment Cases (PIICs) for Kapelebyong, Kitgum, and Moyo, highlighting how integrated, district-led multisectoral action can reduce malaria, strengthen development, and promote sustainable outcomes through improved accountability and targeted investments.
The FP-CIP II period demonstrated Uganda’s capacity to expand family planning access and innovate in service delivery. However, these gains are fragile and incomplete. The fundamental lesson is that increasing the number of users is insufficient without parallel investment in the systems that ensure sustained, high-quality, and equitable access. For FP-CIP III to secure the demographic dividend and contribute meaningfully to national development, it must prioritize institutionalization, financial sustainability, and robust governance. Failure to enact this paradigm shift will leave Uganda substantially off-track from its commitments to its people and its vision for a prosperous future.
The FP-CIP III emphasizes measurable, sustainable outcomes by embedding FP within routine health services, national development planning, and existing government accountability platforms. By shifting from donor reliance to predictable domestic financing and multisectoral ownership, this plan positions family planning as a core driver of human capital development, economic productivity, and Uganda’s broader Vision 2040 aspirations.
The National Healthcare Waste Operational Guidelines (2025) provide standard procedures for safe segregation, handling, and disposal of healthcare waste in Uganda. Developed by the Ministry of Health, they support infection control, environmental protection, and compliance with national and international waste management standards, ensuring a safer and more sustainable healthcare environment.
The document establishes standardized performance indicators for environmental health workers in local governments to strengthen performance monitoring, accountability, and the delivery of quality environmental health services.
The National Healthcare Waste Management Strategy (2025/26–2029/30) outlines Uganda's roadmap for safe and sustainable healthcare waste management by strengthening governance, infrastructure, capacity, financing, and compliance to protect public health and the environment.
The Integrated Diabetes Management Guideline for Uganda (2026) provides evidence-based guidance for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of diabetes in Uganda. Developed by the Ministry of Health and the Uganda Diabetes Association, it standardizes diabetes care across all healthcare levels, emphasizing early detection, individualized treatment, lifestyle modification, management of complications, and patient-centred care to improve health outcomes and reduce the burden of diabetes.
The Integrated Diabetes Management Guideline for Uganda (2026) provides evidence-based recommendations for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of diabetes. It standardizes diabetes care across all levels of the health system, emphasizing early detection, patient-centred management, prevention of complications, and improved health outcomes.
The guideline provides a framework for maintaining essential health services during public health emergencies through coordinated governance, resilient health systems, and uninterrupted healthcare delivery in Uganda.
This addendum to the Essential Medicines and Health Supplies List of Uganda (EMHSLU) 2023 introduces six essential maternal and newborn health commodities to improve service delivery, strengthen clinical care, and reduce maternal and neonatal mortality. It supports standardized procurement and advances Uganda’s commitment to better health outcomes.
